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So Long Firefox, its been nice knowing you.

Posted on June 24, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on So Long Firefox, its been nice knowing you.

A few days ago I wrote about A problem with Add-Ons and Firefox 5, along with no support anymore for Firefox 4. Now Firefox is really trying to commit suicide. Firefox was a great browser. Yes, I say was, because it won’t last that much longer. Not with the path they have chosen at least….

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Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Posted on June 22, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Mozzila decided to be aggressive with Firefox releases. Not a problem, just keep the old version till add-ons are all compatible. Doesn’t work that way if you want to be secure. Mozzila announced that Firefox 5 is the security update for Firefox 4. There will be no other updates unless there is a major, and…

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Can’t see a website… OOOPS thanks Kaspersky

Posted on May 18, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Can’t see a website… OOOPS thanks Kaspersky

Don’t you hate it when you can’t see a website? I know it drove me crazy for a few days. Then I checked my security software settings. I was trying to check a couple of websites recommended to me out, and couldn’t see them on one of my machines. Laptop was fine, but my desktop…

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